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08/18/10

I was watching "Sesame Street" with my two young sons the other day and found myself noticing the variety of people in the show. It was satisfying to see that not only were my kids getting to know Big Bird and the alphabet but they were also learning that people can work together regardless of...

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Dana Glazer

Open Flexible Work

08/17/10

I just got back from a Dr. Pepper plant in Texas where managers told me about people laughing at work a lot more since they began the transition to becoming a High Performance Work Place (HPWP). As a person who has been writing a book about work practices that are good for both business and the...

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Joan Blades

Open Flexible Work

08/17/10

REGISTER NOW FOR SEPTEMBER 9th (12:30- 1:30 ET) CLASP AUDIO CALL: “ Profitable: A Flexible Workplace for ALL Workers.” Join a lively discussion with Joan Blades (co-founder of MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org) , Jody Heymann (founding director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill...

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Jodie Levin-Epstein

Health Care

08/17/10

Question: I currently have Medicaid and would like to know how health reform affects my Medicaid? First off, rest assured, all individuals who are currently covered under Medicaid will continue to receive coverage. Health reform prevents states from enacting Medicaid eligibility cuts between now...

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Christine Sebastian

Childcare & Early Education

08/17/10

As a behavior specialist who as a child was medicated from 1970 to 1977 I'm often asked my opinion about Ritalin. Here's my experience.

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Joe Newman

08/16/10

My family and I have just returned from an unforgettable vacation, which, given the firestorm in the U.S. press, I’m a little embarrassed to admit, and feel I need to justify: We went to Spain – at the same time as Michelle and Sasha Obama and girlfriends, and to many of the same spots (though in...

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Homa Tavangar

Health Care

08/14/10

True story. I'm sitting on the beach with my kids earlier this week having a relaxing vacation in California and two buff twenty year old surfer dudes come over and say they are from "Grassroots Company," or some such thing, and they want my signature to repeal health care reform. Sometimes, there'...

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Donna Norton

08/13/10

The Housing and Urban Development Agency is filing charges of housing discrimination against Pennsylvania property owners and managers who wouldn't rent to a mother and her daughter. Outrageous! MomsRising applauds the action HUD is taking to investigate and correct discrimination against families...

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Mary Olivella

08/12/10

What do you do if you have to take time off work to care for a sick child or parent? Have you personally shouldered the burden for economic hardship in your household? Apart from work and family responsibilities, on average how much time a day would you say you have to yourself when you are not...

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Laura Clawson

Food!

08/12/10

For the first time in over 30 years, we have a chance to overhaul school lunches in this country. Late last week, with the help of MomsRising members across the country, the U.S. Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.[1] We’re halfway there! The U.S. House is our next step, and we have to...

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